"Cloud Xavier, quick, run!"

Ella shouted hoarsely, throwing the blood-stained dagger in his hand, but the dagger didn't have time to stab the monster crawling rapidly towards him, and with a 'bang', the sound of a gunshot rang out.

This time, it wasn't Ella who fired the gun, but Jade behind him snatched a silver pistol from the bodyguard's hand and shot Ella in the leg.

Blood gushed out and Jade slowly stood up with the help of the bodyguard, blowing the smoke coming out of the bullet hole in the silver gun in her hand.

Ella knelt down and half-kneeled on the ground.

"Ella—"

Cloud Xavier roared hoarsely, but before he could rush towards her, he saw a giant python crawling towards him at a rapid speed from behind.

Furrowing his brow, he pulled the trigger and shot at it.

The giant python swiftly dodged and quickly climbed to Jade's side, coiling directly around her.

Ella met this python, which is Jade's pet, who has been specially trained to understand human language.

In order to tame this python, Jade actually fed it with human blood. Originally, the python's fangs were not poisonous, but because Jade raised it in a blood circle, over time, the python developed a taste for human blood and even its fangs became venomous.

Whenever it saw blood, the python would immediately attack and tear the opponent's bones to shreds.

"Good boy, those two people are your food, go!"

Jade patted the python's head, and it spat out a message, its eyes glowing green as it quickly crawled towards Ella.

"Bang!"

Xavier immediately fired his gun again.

The python seemed to realize the situation was not favorable, so it shifted its target and used its thick tail to sweep towards Xavier.

Even though Xavier's skills were good, he couldn't avoid the big tail and was sent flying back several steps.

Ella, injured and pale, with sweat on his forehead, felt his heart ache as he saw Xavier fall to the ground and cough up blood.

She clenched her fists and shouted angrily towards Xavier, "Xavier, you fool, you need to leave quickly. This python survives by sucking human blood and consuming human flesh. You cannot defeat it."

"Go, hurry, I beg you to go!"

When Xavier was once again flung out by the python, he smiled sadly at her, "Even if I have to die, I want to die with you, Ella, never think about leaving me behind!"

*crack!*

The crisp sound of a slap rang out, followed by Jade's triumphant laughter from behind, "What a pair of devoted lovers, even at the brink of death, unwilling to part. Fine, since you want to die, I'll fulfill your wish."

After Jade finished speaking, she whistled towards the python and heartlessly commanded, "Good boy, bite them to death, and I'll give you some meat to eat!"

The python made eerie noises as it opened its blood-red mouth and crawled forward, the sound of its movements like shattered glass.

On the plane—

Freya felt her eyelid twitching incessantly, her heart hanging on edge. A sense of impending doom weighed heavily on her chest.

"Bradley, how much longer until we arrive?"

She tried to sleep but couldn't, every time she closed her eyes, all she could see were scenes of Ella in danger, making her extremely anxious.

"We are already landing, it will probably take another twenty minutes!"

"Drive faster, we're running out of time!"

The slower they were, the more danger she felt for Ella.

Bradley instructed the plane to speed up and called Xavier on his phone, but no one answered for a long time.

Even he had a vague sense of unease, let alone Freya.

He even had a bad premonition that Xavier might be in trouble!

...

"Ella, stop struggling in vain, surrendering might still leave you with a complete body, but if you don't respect the toast, don't blame me for not considering sisterly affection!"

Jade returned to her main seat, sat down gracefully with her legs elegantly crossed, and looked down at Ella.

As if she was just an insignificant ant.

"The thing I regret the most in my life, Ella, is meeting you, Jade. Even if I don't survive this ordeal today, you have done so many unreasonable things, one day you will get your comeuppance!"

As the python was about to harm Bradley, Ella flashed in, ignoring its poisonous fangs, and grabbed its huge mouth bare-handed.

The sharp fangs cut through her flesh, releasing a pungent sweetness of blood.

Tasting the fresh blood, the python's eyes turned from green to red, emitting a creepy sound.

At the same time, the crystal chandelier that had been destroyed by Ella exploded, and the crystal shards rained down like a downpour.

"Lo Lo, be careful--"

Bradley watched helplessly as the crystal shards fell, heading straight for Ella's head, his heart tightening.

Ella remained calm, taking a liquid bomb off her body and throwing it at him, a poignant smile playing on her lips.

"Bradley, if I die, please detonate this bomb for me. Even on the way to the underworld, I will pull Jade down with me!"

"No, I won't let you die!"

Xavier watched the glass shards getting closer and closer, about to rush over to pull her away. Suddenly, all the lights in the lobby went out, plunging the entire space into darkness. Ella subconsciously closed her eyes, feeling the pain in her hand slowly recede, and the low decibel sound from the python gradually disappeared from her ears. A huge figure passed by, using a big hand to cover her eyes and pressing most of his body against hers. On those cold fingertips, there was still a hint of the smell of gunpowder. She was unable to push him away in time, and the crashing sound came crashing down. Xavier's entire back was filled with shards, but he didn't feel any pain at all. He even felt extremely fortunate that he arrived in time, not allowing this woman to be hurt in the slightest. However, his hands were damp. It was Ella's tears!

Even though there was no trace of warmth, at this moment it all burned intensely, searing his palms so painfully.

"Xavier—"

A familiar voice came from outside his ear.